Clipperton Rock
Small outcropping on Clipperton Island
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Clipperton Rock is the highest point on Clipperton Island at 29 metres above sea level.
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| Clipperton Rock | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 29 m (95 ft) |
| Coordinates | 10.2922°N 109.2075°W |
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| Country | France |
Geography
Clipperton Rock is located in the southeast of Clipperton Island.[1] It constitutes the only emerged point of a chain of submarine mountains and volcanoes known as the East Pacific Rise.[2] It is composed of trachyandesite[3][4] and constitutes the last fragment of the neck of the volcano before becoming dormant.[5][6]
Elongated in shape and approximately a hundred meters in length the rock has many cavities large enough to walk through.[1] It rises to an altitude of 29 meters,[7] almost entirely surrounded by the waters of the lagoon it is only connected to the rest of the atoll by a narrow strip of land to the east.[1] A geodetic marker from the IGN has been affixed to the rock.[8]